Friday, May 5, 2017

Game Preview: New York Yankees @ Chicago Cubs 5/5

How’s this for a historic matchup? The New York Yankees are
fresh off their off day yesterday and heading to the Windy City of Chicago to
take on the Chicago Cubs in a three-game set inside Wrigley Field. In the first
matchup of the series these two teams will send possibly their best starters
thus far this season to kick things off as the Yankees send Michael Pineda to
the mound to square off against Kyle Hendricks for the Cubs.

Pineda pitched well once again in his last start against the
Baltimore Orioles allowing two unearned runs in 5.1 innings of work walking one
batter and striking out eight. Pineda is back to being the high strikeout and
low walk guy the Yankees traded for all those years ago striking out 37 batters
this far this season to just four walks in 28.2 innings pitched.

Hendricks faces his second consecutive American League East
team tonight after making his last start against the Boston Red Sox. In that
start Hendricks lasted six innings allowing just three hits including a Hanley
Ramirez two-run home run. More of those please.

The game will be played at 2:20 pm ET inside Wrigley Field
and can be seen on the YES Network in New York, MLB Network nationally, CSN-C
in Chicago and on MLB TV wherever you are your device are. You can also follow
along on the radio the old fashioned way with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman
on WFAN.